UPDATE FOR AUG. 12, 2014: DOD continues firefighting efforts in Northwest Great Basin
August 13, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin, and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. MORE

AUG. 11, 2014 UPDATE: DOD continues support to fighting western wildfires
August 11, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. MORE

UPDATE FOR AUG. 8, 2014: DOD continues support to fighting wildfires in Northwest Great Basin
August 08, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. MORE

UPDATE FOR AUG. 7, 2014: DOD continues support to fighting wildfires in Northwest Great Basin
August 07, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
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UPDATE FOR AUG. 5, 2014: DOD Support to Wildfires in Northwest Great Basin
August 05, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
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UPDATE - DOD continues support to wildland firefighting in Northwest
August 04, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft, equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin, and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
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UPDATE - DoD continues to support to wildland firefighting efforts in the west
July 28, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin and elsewhere in the West at the request of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho.
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USNORTHCOM supports western wildfires with MAFFS-capable C-130s
July 28, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – U.S. Northern Command is mobilizing a Defense Coordinating Officer and Defense Coordinating Element to the Regional response Coordination Center at the Federal Emergency Management’s Region X headquarters in response to a request for assistance for wildland firefighting support. MORE

DOD Support to Wildfires in Northwest Great Basin
July 25, 2014 — PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – Two Department of Defense C-130 aircraft equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems (MAFFS) and under the command and control of U.S. MORE